Jetstar Selects Teledyne Controls' Wireless GroundLink® for Data Transmission
LOS ANGELES, CA - September 20, 2004 - Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced today that Qantas' new low fare airline Jetstar has selected Teledyne's Wireless GroundLink® for the recording and transmission of its flight data information. The purchase agreement between Teledyne Controls and Jetstar includes a firm order for 20 A320 aircraft, plus options.
"We are pleased to expand our partnership with Qantas through their Jetstar subsidiary," said George Casper, Teledyne Controls' director of Sales and Service for the Asia/Pacific region. "This new order results from the successful Wireless GroundLink trial that was underway at Qantas for several months, and that showed a consistently outstanding data recovery rate."
A significant element in safety management and aircraft maintenance programs, Teledyne Controls' Wireless GroundLink® is designed to provide aircraft operators with an immediate, reliable, and cost-effective solution for data transmission. The GroundLink system records and wirelessly transfers flight data from the aircraft to the ground, without any media handling and human intervention. The raw data recorded during the flight is compressed, encrypted and then transmitted via cellular technology and the Internet to the airline's or Teledyne's ground-based data center for processing and analysis. Using the Teledyne Wireless GroundLink system, the airlines can reduce data delivery delays (the data is available within 10-15 minutes after an aircraft has landed, versus several days or weeks with manual data retrieval), cut human and equipment costs associated with manual data retrieval, and eliminate data loss that can reach 30% with conventional manual methods.
About Teledyne Controls
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Teledyne Controls is a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, and a leading manufacturer and innovator of a wide range of air transport, business & commuter aircraft, helicopter, and airport systems. Teledyne Controls supports its many airline, airframe, helicopter, airport customers with extensive product-support bases and worldwide facilities. More information about Teledyne Controls can be found at www.teledynecontrols.com.
About Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronics, instruments and communication products, systems engineering solutions, aerospace engines and components and on-site gas and power generation systems. Teledyne Technologies has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada. For more information, visit Teledyne Technologies' website at www.teledyne.com.
About Jetstar
Headquartered in Melbourne, Jetstar is Australia's new low fare airline. The airline started flying on the 25th May, 2004 and will operate more than 600 flights per week, to 14 destinations along Australia's east coast, from Hobart to Cairns. Jetstar is wholly owned by Qantas, but is managed separately and operates independently. More information about Jetstar can be found at www.jetstar.com.
Teledyne Controls Contacts:
George Casper
Director Sales & Service - Asia Pacific
Phone: +1-310-442-4155
Email: george_casper@teledyne.com
